This issue is for surfacing discussion and coordination towards an application to the CZI Essential OSS funding call.

The deadline for the first cycle is very soon (1 Aug) so we may not be able to pull everything together by then, but whatever we can do will help even if we decide to apply for the second cycle instead.

There are a number of key issues that we need to work through in framing the proposal. These include (1) what work/activities do we want to fund, (2) who can do the work, and (3) financial logistics.

cc @zarr-developers/core-devs